violence has returned once again to the streets of cairo with angry protesters storming the presidential palace despite the deal between the islamist government and the opposition. internees the funeral of a slain opposition leader is marred by violence as protesters clashed with police this comes against the backdrop of a general strike that has paralyzed the country. and president obama's nominee for the top position in the cia may be under criticism from within but seem to have the support of lawmakers over his targeted assassinations program. despite

a final consensus on a reduced e.u. budget for the next seven years the agreement now faces a serious threat from the european parliament which is likely to ban the deal. and live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. i'm sean thomas cloyd had with us angry protesters have thrown petrol bombs had the presidential palace in egypt where thousands took to the streets protesting against the government the violence comes despite the deal that some opposition leaders had with the islamist president morsi last week our correspondent in cairo bill true brings us the latest. in the capitol i'm standing above tahir square one hundred so gov it's chanting against the president and also his organization the mission

brotherhood finally and they were violent scenes out front of the presidential palace two groups attempted to storm the building with mona talks and actually take asked by the security forces who also fired to rule to cannons out and now as the new clashes have really been more violence outside of the capital we've had reports also clashes with security forces and anti-government protesters in alexandria. a town to shake with a possible death the income for sake of that yet to be confirmed as people are really feeling quite a lot to gain here in the country in two weeks on now from the anniversary of the january twenty five five are going to and they said nothing has changed in the country in the last two years because of the key issues have yet to be faced by the president including police reform the shortage of bread and fewer and of course the constitution which protesters say was drafted by an islamist dominated constituent assembly pushed through by the president in the last week this week and also off to

there was footage from cost from last friday's protest from the presidential promise of a protest being drawn naked and brutally beaten and in addition there was a young protest from front to mohammad again the who reportedly died in custody from torture people activists human rights groups have been saying this was a key grievance against him a dark regime that shouldn't be happening now in a post revolution presidents the biggest opposition coalition the national salvation front for that part of sticking by their demands which is asking the tough and it's to resign they want a national salvation government for the constitution to be revoked if this happens then they should be one have dialogue with the president president is moving on these key issues so we're looking at a divided egypt continuing in the near future. on the latest details of her twitter feed one of her recent posts. has been launched into the recent outbreak of violence. following.

between mourners. lead to chaos in the streets. demonstrators. police responded with tear gas. is following developments. if you trace in here on the ground remains very tense

and very valid tile and that is definitely a strength meant that the relative stability that we've seen here all the way in two thousand and eleven revolution three feet or more of people here it's quite a small square but it's packed with people with lags and all of them actually chanting from time to time and to government slogans many people we have been able to speak to here and they come here they say that the leader overnight a party in this again is personally responsible for this murder well these are very strong accusations actually but we've been hearing that from too many people says he was a symbol of dignity this is a political assassination and that means that the repression and violence is not over this is a crisis. this is a crisis that people want change again slogans of revolution of democracy protecting working class and poor people that didn't work we can see it that is

very close. and what happens the simmer there is a sign. of what could happen if they go to the if we don't find very quickly some concrete. solutions calling this a summation of took privilege there have been many protests not only in the capital tunis been throughout the country and there have been many who lashes between police and opposition supporters and we've heard that at least one police officer was killed but definitely there have been much more injured people this is a very bad situation here in the country but here is a growing that it may turn even more violent and it will go even further if there is no solution immediate solution to this is why people are saying that they're preparing for the worst. author and activist for rosie manji explains why the assassination of the opposition leader holds such dire consequences for tunisia

. the importance of. shukri belayed. cannot be underestimated is assassination is a is a profound. effect on the tunis in population he has been an outspoken standing spokesperson for justice in tunis here here has been fear minutely critical of the government only who he party. and in particular he has enormous credibility within the trade union movement as you can see there's a general strike in corridor immediately upon his his assassination i think but we're inching or a new phase in the revolution in in in tunis here and you know good lead aleutians you never know what the outcome is is going to be and i think there are. signs that

this could easily. disintegrate into some kind of civil civil war or now hopefully that won't happen. president obama's choice to become the next chief of the cia went through a tough confirmation hearing at the u.s. senate. but it wasn't the lawmakers who put john brennan under the spotlight over his role the controversial u.s. drone program session was interrupted several times by protesters who put up signs with slogans such as stop cia murder they were addressing the issue of u.s. drone use for targeted strikes against suspected terrorists john brennan defended the program which he helped develop saying it is ethical and just and claiming the strikes were carefully vetted however human rights groups claim the program has in fact to a large number of civilian deaths and so did lawmakers. accountable for his counterterrorism policies leave he's going to change you can come as you come back oh what most people expected to hear was how does the u.s.

government make decisions as to who should be on their kill list and mr brennan would certainly be the most appropriate person to ask because he is known to have been in charge of the kill list and he's known as the architect of the administration's targeted assassinations program so the question of who the drones are targeting was critical and one of the senators asked john brennan whether there should be at least some judicial oversight over those executions by drones and here's what he said none of those actions or to determine past guilt for those actions that he took the decisions that are me or to take action so that we prevent a future action to protect american lives so the rationale that john brennan gave for not going to court is that the administration is not in the business of punishing individuals but it's in the business of preventing attacks he basically says the u.s. government could execute people for what they haven't done yet you would expect a follow up questions from lawmakers as to how the administration determines the

level of threat as these people constitute let's imagine an angry yemeni man who writes in his blog that he hates america because he's wife died in a drone strike and he wants to take revenge is that enough to justify him being killed by a drone there were so many questions about how the. ministration decides to put someone on their kill list and yet there was not near enough grilling on the part of the senators to get answers prior to the hearing a memo was released which the justice department handed over to congress and according to the memo the government can kill people overseas even without evidence that they are actively plotting against the u.s. the paper states that the u.s. would be able to a chill a u.s. citizen or non-citizen overseas ones to an informed high level official of the u.s. government determines that target is an imminent threat and they're here for also suggest that such decisions would not be subject to judicial review and outlines a broad definition of what constitutes imminent thank you for everybody expected

tough questions on drones but that did not happen john brennan got away with very broad answers like the program if saving lives and that you should take the administration's word for it. still to come the los angeles police department is on a manhunt for a former officer gone rogue in the tired l.a.p.d. cop tells us what might be behind christopher dorner his personal war on his former colleagues. well it has been hailed as an historic agreement you members reaching consensus on a budget cut for the first time since the block was created but it seems that now it's the european parliament's turn to put a spoke in that you use wheel as it may use its veto to block the deal which is to us are silly reports from brussels for more than twenty four hours of negotiations of bickering fighting on the cars on the corridors what's next more fighting and

more negotiations and more bickering yes after a deal has been made here at the e.u. summit the next step is the european parliament and they will have to approve this and we're already hearing reports that the leaders of the main political groups there don't accept the deal that was reached here and the president. of the parliament martin schulz last night in a statement he had been sounding very angry at the proposed cuts and now we're already seeing the cots that the twenty seven leaders will impose on the budget he said he's not going to put his signature on something he sees as excessive so if we saw countries leaders coming here protective of their national interest we're going to see political parties protective of their own industries or whatever they represent in parliament and that is going to be a long long time of negotiations it could probably take about three months to get any answer out of there and we're seeing it's already negative david cameron came here saying that he wanted to bring down the general amount of the new budget and

in fact he did he got the amount he wanted it's about nine hundred eight billion euros however what's interesting here is he's going to go back to the u.k. now just to explain that if you case contribution is in fact he was able to protect the rebate of the u.k. but let's not forget that that rebate the money that the u.k. gets back to be you is hinged on the contribution to agriculture now the agriculture subsidies has been cut down therefore the rebate will also go down and therefore the contribution would fact go up we're already hearing from the euro skeptics especially coming from his own party saying that role well done you're coming back here saying that it's a victory for the u.k. but in fact we're going to be paying more just at a time when he's going to be posing the question he says of the around the referendum whether or not they should even be a member of the european union the twenty seven if he is reelected in twenty fifteen so whether or not this is a real victory for david cameron he will have to answer that when he gets back to be u.k. . economist james midway says the european parliament serves as

a major obstacle for the budget deal. constitutionally well within their rights to reject the thing and send it back and have another go. whether they actually do that will probably depend on the falling print in the budgets are already reserved when you call them to see. he won't be able to support the stealing and the head of one of the major groups in the parliament socialist group said there are likely to support it so it's going to be a rocky ride i think this budget over the next few months cameron is right to talk about this being like a reduction in a credit card limits and of course you can have your credit card limit reduced and still spend carry on spending more money now that's almost certainly what's going to happen to britain over the next few years the amounts that britain is expected to pay into the main e.u. fund will increase as a result of increased payments to new member countries so he's going to pretend that this will show how britain can still be a force in europe how we can push the rest of europe around this glosses over the

fact of course that he wouldn't have got anywhere in this without the support of merkel in particular so he can he can try to push that line that you know he knows what he's doing to europe and that we don't need to go so far as to step out of the european union but i wouldn't see the more euro skeptic members of his own party being particularly impressed by any of this i'll be back with more news coming up for you right after this short break you're watching r.t. . there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives within a year of a diagnosis of. almost six to two percent of those species i diagnosed with this is a problem that frankly is substantially preventable it was like the big elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk about there were really good public health campaigns if people really focused on this problem you certainly should be able to a lot less a lot less human suffering. technology

innovation all these developments from around russia we. have heard. glad to have you back with us in the u.k. a document described as a snoopers charter will be given another push by the government after the intelligence and security committee said the proposal to detail the bill is

designed to help authorities track online activity of citizens and retrieve personal web data. looks at how such measures could power up national security. the main area of concern surrounds this the draft communications data bill and proposals in it that critics say to see the public left wide open to having their facebook accounts or twitter e-mails read anything that they visit online the websites that they gayety logs by the government now understandably those plans of prevent hugely controversial with critics labeling it the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest report by the intelligence and security committee made like to see a nationwide surveillance regime implemented now the government say that they need to do this to catch criminals and stop terrorism but there's lots of the members of the public saying where are safeguards when it comes to what we do online will seek

more about this i'm now joined by professor and sneakily to the director studies security and intelligence studies at the university of auckland thank you very much for joining us you're in support of the draft communications data below i heard you describe yourself at a recent talk is the skunk at the picnic if these fees and these proposals are so unpopular why are the government pushing them through all the time when the government is pushing them through because the government realizes that they're needed some thirty million people use the internet to communicate with each other each day in the united kingdom people in this country fully accept that for more than a hundred years. their telephone conversations are likely to be mined if they're seen as a national security risk if there is a suspicion that a particular person is engaging serious organized crime sex trafficking or terrorism the government can then institute a probe as

a member of the public who if i do my emails for a well if you don't want your emails. your not engaged in any kind of illegal activity your e-mails won't be productive you want if you want complete privacy don't write any letters to your friends don't speak to them on the telephone and don't send them photographs of yourself in jockeying the game very much for joining us if. that is the solution maybe it's the time for a big load off in case someone is actually watching. london we've got more stories for you on our website including a football club's headquarters in jerusalem on fire this is after two muslim players from the russian premier league joined the club sparking anger among conservative fans the full story on r.t. dot com. famous painting by eugene del a crime was vandalized at the lens louvre museum twenty eight year old woman

reportedly tagged at the painting with nine eleven conspiracy theory graffiti and your website for all of the details of. the largest manhunt in the history of the los angeles police department continues with the search having now spread to three u.s. states and northern mexico where the suspect is believed to be hiding. thousands of police officers are searching for christopher dorner who is accused of having allegedly murdered two civilians and one police officer in a rambling internet manifesto dorner declared war on law enforcement officers and their families accusing the l.a.p.d. of internal corruption racism and concealment of excessive force michael rupert investigative journalist and a former l.a.p.d. officer himself says that dorner represents another manhunt one within the police department to root out those holding different opinions. i don't condone what's happened and i want to violence and killing to end but more important i want him to

be brought in alive which is something i do not think that leads me to suspect that it may have been tampered with however with regard to his specific allegations about his case and i'm currently reviewing legal documents that are becoming available online i have to tell you that with regard to his allegations about rich trial board hearings and. very egregious unprofessional coverup excessive force but also management to mouth these perjury and a lot of other serious things i believe your minor percent the l.a.p.d. has been shown has a consistent cultural problem with racism coverup and cronyism within the department that has victimized i think and probably driven out a great many good officers i left for similar reasons. to some other news making headlines around the globe for you this hour the northeastern united states is bracing place no storm which forecasters say maybe the heaviest winter snowfall to

hit the region in twenty five years thousands of flights have been canceled and rail companies have also suspended train travel while residents have been urged to stay indoors after superstorm sandy knocked out power at hundreds of thousands of homes in october many people have rushed to buy gasoline and stock up on food and supplies. at least thirty six people have been killed in a string of car bomb attacks on shia areas across iraq as sectarian and ethnic tensions run high head of provincial elections in april the bombings targeted outdoor markets in baghdad and hillah province south of iraq the capital no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks but recent weeks have seen sunni insurgents carrying out almost daily attacks on security forces and civilians in an attempt to undermine the shia led government. scuffles have broken out between a former political prisoners and supporters of president saakashvili in the georgian capital tbilisi the violence erupted as saakashvili was going to deliver

his annual state of the nation a speech the president was forced to change venue for the address several times after the country's parliament refused to provide a platform or even listen to the leader and a new sign of his waning power held in the west as an example of democratic rule in cyprus really lost popular support as a result of his crackdown on the opposition and claims of human rights abuses in t's alexy airshaft a report georgia has performed miracles we moved from being a failed state will be one of the top business destinations in the world while it would be high to be academic freedom according to the world bank i'll be number one fighter with corruption even world wide and many people started to believe in these people started to believe them ocracy was because it is georgia really a beacon of democracy and freedom not from your viewpoint when he's universities rectory refused to build a prayer room he helped organize a ten thousand strong peaceful student rally but it ended with his arrest and

sentence of four and a half years behind bars. guards could just walk into our cell and start beating us for no reason the even put twenty year old students in wheelchairs and prison one of the inmates went insane because they showed him footage of how his wife was being raped. georgie thought he was spending his time with murderers and drug barons and stan he found himself among academics architects and right all jailed for having a different opinion to the country's leadership. works as an advisor to the minister of the penitentiary system and used to be classmates with saakashvili she believes the astonishing number of prisoners in georgia during his reign was to a large extent personally driven. he had often been joked out in school. he directed his revenge against his former classmates when he became president most of them were either stripped of their businesses are put to prison in his presidency we've had twenty five thousand people in jail. shocking video of

prisoner abuse in georgian jails went viral and effectively diminished the president's party support by more than a half inch last fall the election and control over the country it's not yet known where the second shooter will face prosecution over the bruising torture allegations but for two hundred political prisoners the change of power meant the chance to walk free because like us we will for many remain as georgia's president until october but he's powers have already been transferred to the prime minister it's anyone who has already declared a national wide amnesty of political prisoners but experts say there is socialisation may take several more years alexi russia. reporting from belief in georgia a turkish top naval commander has resigned over the detention of hundreds of his colleagues he's been followed by a number of turkish air force officers who've also quit in what could be a sign of weakening morale in the country's military and journalist and author of turkey what everyone needs to know says the military has an axe to grind with the

government over its deviation from secularism. straight clear that the military traditionally a powerful force within turkish politics was trying to undermine its own government and of course the government fought back and they fought back success really with these conspiracy trial so. perhaps this is simply the military saying ok you've lied you know you have it your own way but. at the at the moment the prime minister i don't is a little bit concerned he's actually said that there are too many military officers in detention awaiting trial and i mean the reason the country has a military is to defend itself so if you put all their officers in jail than then of course the reward must be a little bit vulnerable so i think the government realizes that perhaps that thing has gone too far that it's time to actually get the military back on their side but of course the resignation we've seen wave of resignations will not come as that

news sort of i think backs what the military themselves might feel and some people sympathetic to the military might feel that they have a government which is to leans too far to the religious right and indeed that's one of the reasons why the military try to everett there are two are undermined their government in the first place. and coming up after the break we take an in-depth look at the impact of the age of the aids epidemic on the african-american population. secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified to congress in regards to the attack on the u.s. consulate was killed an american ambassador in benghazi libya during the testimony

couldn't rather calmly said you know things like that the revolutions that sprang up during the arab spring like in libya the events in bali have created instability and safe havens for terrorists and she made it clear that there is no doubt that the algerian terrorists had weapons from libya so the us secretary has basically admitted that the actions of the usa and nato have caused a mass instability that has allowed the seeds of terrorism to grow when the justification for most of the actions in the muslim world is to stop evil dictators who harbor terrorists or spread chatting to mock recy if libya would have been left alone algerian terrorists wouldn't be getting any weapons from it now this is like an exterminator accidently or maybe on purpose actually feeding the roaches in your basements that there are ten times more of them and then saying that he has to keep working because he's the only one who can get rid of the roaches people like hillary clinton who support funding brutal jihad it's rebel groups to overthrow

governments to somehow bring about stability and democracy are either dismally stupid or consciously running a very brutal con game but that's just my opinion. at the start of this strange new disease affecting healthy young americans looks like this a period between the first out.